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Well, Mat, I look at the thumbs thing kind of like the crisis line work I’ve done…

There are those callers who call with a serious need to talk(crisis).

There are those who call to get a bit of attention(regular callers).

Then, there are those who call just to get a reaction (i.e., ones with problems, but don’t want to deal with them, and provoke the line worker with sexual comments).

There are ‘net users just lurking, feeling scared to put themselves “out there.”

Ones like myself, who try, get it wrong, and keep trying.

Then, there are those whose only “fun” in their daily life is to go scroll thumbs down, no matter what it says.

I agree with Davyne, though. I DO appreciate seeing a positive response, if I get it “right.” But, I also like when I have provoked someone to go out of their comfort zone, even if it means they don’t “like” me.

There’s many people who’ve sent me FB requests whom I don’t “like,” and I don’t bother responding.

But, you know all this better than I. This is fairly new for me, but, people’s personality traits don’t vary much in that sense.